Issue #200

Two Hundred

Jan. 22, 2016

Two Hundred
Lets build an interpreter, DSF Grant Program, deep-fonts, and much more.

Issue #200: Two Hundred

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News


DSF Grant Program for DjangoCon Europe 2016
The Django Software Foundation has made 5000€ available for attendees of DjangoCon Europe 2016, to help meet the costs of attending. If you need funding to help attend DjangoCon you should click through to learn about applying.
djangoproject.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Discussion


PyQt or PySide: Debate over which to learn. : Python
reddit.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Switching from Java to Python actually worthwhile?
reddit.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Jobs

Projects


heroku-flask
A starter kit for using heroku to host your next flask project.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

A Pelican web editor
Cool little project for adding a web editor to the static site generator pelican.
ziade.org
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

TrumpScript
Just read the README.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

asyncssh
AsyncSSH is a Python package which provides an asynchronous client and server implementation of the SSHv2 protocol
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

parsimonious
Parsimonious aims to be the fastest arbitrary-lookahead parser written in pure Python—and the most usable.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

folium
Python Data. Leaflet.js Maps.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

deep-fonts
Generate fonts using deep learning, pretty great!
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

letsencrypt-aws
letsencrypt-aws is a program that can be run in the background which automatically provisions and updates certificates on your AWS infrastructure using the AWS APIs and Let's Encrypt.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

lda2vec
Tools for interpreting natural language
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

python-streamexpect 
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

tornaREST
TornaREST is a simple RESTful Web Service build with Tornado Web Server!
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Articles


Walrus, a lightweight Redis Toolkit
Advocating for the user of walrus, tons of example and nifty little functions!
charlesleifer.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

A Web Developer Builds a Kivy App
Nice little rundown of first time experience with Kivy!
mattscodecave.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 


Let’s Build A Simple Interpreter. Part 8.
Part 8 of LBASI!
ruslanspivak.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Prototyping using Django
Cool article on how to generate quick prototyping tools with Python And Django! Might be a series you might want to follow.
abhi.co
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Scrapy Tips from the Pros: Part 1
scrapinghub.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

The case of the curious comment
Pretty cool, article I would be interested in the response to this.
dundeemt.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Stock Image Similarity with Image Features
This is really cool! Great read.
indico.io
Shared by @myusuf3
 
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